Victory in Murcia to close the week in the best way. Barça beat UCAM Murcia (72-86) in a duel where the defenses have set the pace of the game. Jasikevicius’ men dominated the game, although they were not able to break it until the last quarter. Sito Alonso’s men have presented a great defensive game to stop the culés, but the points from men like Laprovittola (15), Vesely (14), Higgins (13) and Kuric (13) They have tipped the balance towards the Barça corner.
The defense prevails
Barça has presented a very defensive approach to the match with the aim of neutralizing the outside shot from the Murcian team. With this script, the blaugranas have managed to stop the local scoring, who have only been able to score four points in the first five minutes (4-6, min.5). However, in the same way that the culés have executed a very solid defense , those of Sito Alonso too. Both teams have managed to impose the defense over the attack and this has translated into a slowed score at the end of the first quarter (13-17).
The second quarter began with a great offensive rhythm from Jasikevicius’ men. And it is that with two triples of Chicken, Barça has managed to put the maximum difference in the game (15-23, min.12). The Barca forward was one of the stars of the period scoring 8 points in just over four minutes, 12 in the entire quarter. Now, despite the good dynamics from Culé, the Murcian team, the most rebounding team in the league, took advantage of the offensive rebounds to hurt Barça and close the gap to reach the break with 33-37.
They seal the triumph
At the restart, the match script continued in the same vein. The azulgranas have maintained control, although the Murcians increasingly threatened to take the lead on the scoreboard. Now the points of Laprovittola (11p) and Vesely (8p) they have allowed Barça to maintain the superiority on the scoreboard and recover the maximum advantage when reaching the last quarter (57-65).
In the last period, the culés have gone out determined to close the game as soon as possible. In fact, before the 33rd minute was up, the Barcelonans have put +10 on the scoreboard, quite a declaration of intent. From then on, the blaugranas, led by Sanli With 8 points, they have had a flat road to close the duel, since they have managed to maintain the difference achieved at the beginning of the fourth. Finally, Barça defeated UCAM Murcia 72-86.
The next game for Jasikevicius’ men will be the European competition commitment against Baskonia on Thursday, January 19 at the Fernando Buesa Arena (8:30 p.m.)
THE TOKEN
UCAM Murcia, 72
Barça, 86
UCAM Murcia: Bellas (3), Radovic (11), McFadden (2), Pustovyi (12), Anderson (15) – starting five – Trice (8), Davis (6), Luther (-), Sakho (-), Diop (1). 12, Jelinek (-), Rojas (3)
Barça: Vesely (14), Kalinic (4), Laprovittola (15), Abrines (4), Mirotic (7) – starting five – Da Silva (-), Paulí (-), Sanli (10), HIggins (13), Kuric (13), Jokubaitis (4), Nnaji (2)
Partial: 13-17, 20-20 // 24-28, 15-21
Referees: Antonio Conde, Javier Torres, Andres Fernandez
